18 November 2023

17:35 – 19:10

Amphithéâtre Painlevé

Xavier Emmanuelli

Xavier Emmanuelli joined the navy as a doctor, then went on to treat miners. He then specialized in neurology and anesthesia-intensive care. Former Secretary of State for Emergency Humanitarian Action, co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières, head physician at Fleury-Mérogis prison, physician at the SAMU de Paris, Xavier Emmanuelli is the founder of Samu Social and Samu Social International, which he chairs. Xavier Emmanuelli is convinced that the medical and social sectors must work together to combat exclusion.

Debate: Is it a misnomer to talk about vital energy?

All beings have vital rhythms induced by those of planet Earth. Do they change over time? Does high-dose digitized life play a role in human energy regulation or disinhibition? Many psychiatric pathologies express a surplus of energy, in contrast to severe depression, where every step costs, as if vital energy were no longer present. Increasingly, we take into account the patient as a whole. In the case of cancer, this certainly includes its progression, but also how the patient feels, his energy and his mind. Could it be that what patients have always called the “good doctor” is the one with a particular therapeutic impulse? Because if therapy counts, the way it is approached also plays a role.